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Subject: Re: UCLA Allows Protesters to Exclude Jewish Students from Campus
Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 18:31:02 -0400
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On 5/2/2024 1:38 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <0001HW.2BE4030C0161AE13306B9938F@news.giganews.com>,
>   Pluted Pup <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 22:47:09 -0700, BTR1701 wrote:
>>
>>> In article<8sg33j19s3iosla7ptfll5pfctsolviera@4ax.com>,
>>> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 1 May 2024 03:50:21 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
>>>> <ahk@chinet.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Pro-Hamas protesters at UCLA started issuing wristbands to people they
>>>>>> approve of and barring access to a significant part of the campus to
>>>>>> anyone who doesn't have a wristband, specifically Jewish students.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Here's an audio recording of a phone call from a parent where the UCLA
>>>>>> police department admits they're intentionally violating dozens of
>>>>>> federal civil rights and equal access laws, not to mention the
>>>>>> Constitution itself, by allowing this to happen:
>>>>>
>>>>>> https://x.com/persianjewess/status/1785191365988811033
>>>>>
>>>>> Aren't the police REQUIRED to refuse to follow an illegal order to deny
>>>>> someone his civil rights?
>>>>>
>>>>> Shudder
>>>>>
>>>>> I feel obligated to wear the yellow armband with star of David in
>>>>> solidarity with the Jewish students who are being discriminated against.
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't do that but if I needed to get across the campus and the
>>>> quickest path way was through their encampment I wouldn't hesitate to
>>>> walk through it. All without wearing any sort of arm band marking me
>>>> as being with them or against them.
>>>>
>>>>>> Imagine if a bunch of white kids had seized half of UCLA and were only
>>>>>> allowing white people in; excluding blacks from the classes and
>>>>>> facilities they'd paid tuition for. Does anyone think the UCLA police
>>>>>> and/or administration would be sitting on their hands then?
>>>>
>>>> Sadly that's all too true. We've been conditioned over the years to
>>>> over-react when it comes to the mistreatment of blacks.
>>>
>>> Going in with force and arresting all the white kids would not be an
>>> over-reaction in that case. It would be appropriate thing to do and it's
>>> what they'd deserve. What's happening now at UCLA is an appalling
>>> *under-reaction* by government officials and the school administration.
>>
>> Calling out the military whenever there's an accusation of antisemitism
>> is an example of overreaction.
> 
> They could have just had campus police come out and pull down the
> makeshift anti-Jew checkpoints when they started and made clear that
> sort of shit would not be tolerated and if they tried it again, they'd
> be arrested.

If I remember correctly, antisemitism has been shown to be a 
particularly virulent, communicable form of racism, capable of 
corrupting and destroying entire societies.  I'm not sure that 
'overreaction' would be my first concern here.